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Thanks for the tip. I have it set up to have to tap the call icon in addition to the shortcut, because I did have it set years ago to call immediately, but was calling home accidentally just by taking the phone out of my pocket and handling it. Seems I was always touching something on the...

@B. Diddy Thank you so much, I followed your advice and attempted to put the shortcut there via the home screen, and it worked! I only have two shortcuts that are important to me on my home screen, my husband's cell number and my house number. Losing that one was upsetting, even though I...

Thanks, I'll try that in the morning. Still not familiar with things on the smartphone, I don't use it often, only for a short call when out somewhere.

I still have my old Moto E5 Play phone. I tried to call a contact using the shortcut yesterday, and the call did not go through. This is a shortcut for my home that I've used for years. Since it was faulty, I swiped up to remove it from the home screen. When I went to my contacts to add...

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Thanks for your reply B.Diddy! I just checked the Adaptive Brightness and it was on. When I shut it off, the screen brightness went back to normal. If I made a change to that yesterday, I was unaware of it, wasn't really in the settings screen. Looks like you solved my issue, much appreciated!

Dennis

I never used my smartphone for a video call, but I thought it would be good to set it up so I can talk with my husband in case of an emergency, like one of us was in the hospital and the other couldn't visit. I have Consumer Cellular, and the phone already came with the DUO app, which I never...

Thanks for your quick reply Mooncatt, much appreciated. Off topic: Haven't been here for awhile, it's great here now without all the ads slowing things down....kudos to the Admin! :)

I want to know if it's safe for the phone to plug it into the wall outlet with the phone on. Thanks.

Luke

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Thanks Belodian, Kodak2 and Mike Dee for your map advice, much appreciated.